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SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, 



SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



MEMBERSHIP ROLL. 



May, 1 89 1. 



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1891. 



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OFFICERS 



GKNKRAL SOCIKXY 



President, 



Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, 

of the District of Columbia Society. 



Vice-President, - Hon. WILLIAM WAYNE, 

of the Pennsylvania Society. 



Secretarf. 



JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 

of the New York Society. 



Assistant Secretary, TIMOTHY MATLOCK CHEESMAN, M.D., 

of the New York Society. 

Treasurer, - - RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 

of the Pennsylvania Society. 

Assistant Treasurer, ARTHUR HENRY DUTTON, 

of the District of Columbia Society. 



Chaplain, - - Rev. DANIEL CONEY WESTON, D.D., 

of the New York Society. 



OFFICERS 



Society of the District of Columbia. 



President. 
Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL. 

yice-Presideiit. 
Rear-Admiral Francis Asbury Roe, U. S. Navy. 

Board of Managers. 

Lewis Johnson Davis. 

Major Clarence Edward Dutton, U. S. Army. 

Rear-Admiral Samuel Rhoads Franklin, U. S. Navy. 

Commodore James Augustin Greer, U. S. Navy. 

Frank Warren Hackett. 

Archibald Hopkins. 

Brigadier-General William Beatty Rochester, U. S. Army. 

Capt. Daniel Morgan Taylor, U. S. Army. 

Secretary. 
Charles Worthington, 1409 L Street. 

Treasurer. 
Alexander Brown Legare, 1726 1 Street. 

Registrar and Historian. 
Gaillakd Hunt, 1466 Rhode Island Avenue. 

Chaplain. 
Rev. George William Douglas, D. D. 



MEMBERSHIP ROLL 



[Note. — Members who observe any errors in this roll will please 
inform the Registrar.] 

John B. Abbott, 

Grandson of Amos Abbott, Captain in Joshua Abbott's Company, 
Col. John Stark's Regiment. Was a United States pensioner at 
time of death. 

Philip Rounseville Alger, 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Levi Rounseville, 9th Massachu- 
setts Regiment. 

Nicholas Longworth Anderson, 

Grandson of Brig. -Gen. Richard Clough Anderson, of the 6th 
Regiment Virginia Continental Infantry; original member of 
the Society of the Cincinnati. 

Davis Carneal Anderson, 

Grandson of Brig. -Gen. Richard Clough Anderson. (See N. L. 
Anderson.) 

George Burwin Anderson, 

Grandson of Percival Butler, 2d Lieutenant ^d Pennsylvania Reg- 
iment; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

George Smith Anderson, 

Great -great-grandson of Ganin McCoy, Captain ist Battalion Som- 
erset County (New Jersey) State Troops. 

Rene Bache, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin. 



Harold Binney, 

Great-grandson of Josiali Talbot, private in Capt. Samuel Fisher's 
Company, Colonel Titcomb's Massachusetts Regiment. 

Benjamin Lewis Blackford, 

Grandson of John Minor, of Hazel Hill ; cadet and private under 
General Nelson. 

Also great-grandson of John Minor, of Caroline, Major in the Vir- 
ginia Line. 

Frank Bowers Bourn, 

Great-great-grandson of John Wilcox, one of the officers assisting 
General Barton in capture of Major-General Prescott, July 9, 
1777. 

John Jones Brice, 

Great-grandson of Col. Benjamin Wilson, commanding Virginia 
Troops^ and delegate to Convention. 

Also great-grandson of William Brice, Ensign in Pennsylvania Line 
under Col. Evan Evans, Lieutenant under Colonel Sterling, and 
commissioned captain by General Washington. 

Albert Franklin Brooks, 

Grandson of Joshua Brooks, private in Capt. Wm. Smith's Com- 
pany, Col. Abijah Pierce's Regiment of Minute Men. 

Also great-grandson of Daniel Batchelder, private in Capt. Philip 
Putnam's Company, Col. Moses Nichols' New Hampshire Regi- 
ment. 

Also great-grandson of Caleb Maynard, private in Capt. Abijah 
Smith's Company, Col. Enoch Hale's New Hampshire Regi- 
ment. 

John Lee Carroll, 

Great-grandson of Charles Carroll, of CarroUton. 



Harry Bonton Cilley, 

Great-grandson of Joseph Cilley, Major in Poor's 2d Regiment, 
Lieutenant-Colonel in 177O, and Colonel 1st New Hampshire 
Regiment, and Major-General ist Division, New Hampshire 
Militia. 

Hedley Vicars Cooke, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Col. Robert Smith, who had charge 
of the defences of the Delaware below Philadelphia; also of the 
fortification of Liberty Island; was also a member of Pennsyl- 
vania Convention. 

Persefor Marsden Cooke, 

Same descent. 

Seymour Cunningham, 

Great-grandson of Col. Johannes Knickerbocker, of the 14th Regi- 
ment, Albany (New York) County Militia. 

Richard Graham Davenport, 

Great-grandson of Richard Graham, member of Committee ot 
Safety and Observation of Prince William County, Virginia; 
and Commissioner of Revenue for the support of the Revolution. 

Also great-great-grandson of George Brent, member Committee 
of Safety and Observation, Stafford County, Virginia. 

Also great-great-great-grandson of Judge Charles Jones, Commis- 
sioner of Revenue for support of the War, and first Judge of 
Montgomery County, Maryland (1777). 

Also great-great -great-grandson of Samuel Love, Sr., member 
Committee of Safety and Observation, of Charles County, 
Maryland; also member Maryland Convention, 1774. 

Also great-grandson Jonathan Davenport, of Rhode Island, Private 
in Colonel Archibald Crary's Regiment. 

Lewis Johnson Davis, 

Great-grandson of Capt. John Santford, Adjutant of 2d Regiment, 
New York Militia; original member of the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati. 



George William Douglas, 

Great-great-grandson of Asa Douglas, Major 17th Regiment, 
King's District, New York (Wm. B. Whiting, Colonel). 

Also great-great-grandson of David Sutherland, Colonel 6th Regi- 
ment, Dutchess County, N. Y. 

Arthur Henry Dutton, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. William Douglas, of the 6th Regi- 
ment, Connecticut Line. 

Also great-great-grandson of Sergt. Ephraim French, of Capt. Wm. 
Barrow's Company, Col. Isaac Wyman's New Hampshire Regi- 
ment. 

Clarence Edward Dutton, 

Great-grandson of Col. William Douglas, of the 6th Regiment, 
Connecticut Line. 

George H. Elliot, 

Grandson of John Tidd, member of Capt. Parker's Company of 
Minute Men. 

William George Elliot, 

Great-grandson of Joiin Tidd, member of Captain Parker's Com- 
pany of Minute Men. 

Oswald Herbert Ernst, 

Great-grandson of Dr. Ephraim Otis, member of the Revolutionary 
Committee appointed by the town of Scituate in 1774, and 
Surgeon in the War. 

Samuel Rhoads Franklin, 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Rhoads, member of the First 

Congress. 
Also great-grandson of Col. Jonas Simonds, of the 6th Continental 

Infantry. 



Arthur Taylor Goldsborough, 

Great-grandson of Tench Tighlman, Colonel and Aide-de-Camp 
to General Washington. 

Edmund Kennedy Goldsborough, 

Same descent. 

Richard Henry Goldsborough, 

Same descent. 

Green Clay Goodloe, 

Great-grandson of Green Clay, delegate to the Virginia Conven- 
tion. 

George Forrest Green, 

Grandson of Lieut. -Col. Uriah Forrest, Maryland Line. 

Osceola C. Green, 

Same descent. 

James Augustin Greer, 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Eliphalet King, of the 22d Continental 
Regiment. 

James Webb Greer, 

Great-great-grandson of Lieut. Eliphalet King, of the 22d Conti- 
nental Regiment. 

Frank Warren Hackett, 

Great-great grandson of Jeremiali Hackett, Ensign in Continental 
Army. 

James Malcolm Henry, 

Great-grandson of John Henry, Captain in Col. George Ross's 
Regiment. 



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John William Henry, 

Same descent. 

Archibald Hopkins, 

Great-grandson of Col. Mark Hopkins, ist Massachusetts Infantry. 
Also great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. David Rossiter, ad Massachu- 
setts Infantry. 

Gaillard Hunt, 

Great-great-grandson of Robt. R. Livingston. 

R. Dickinson Jewett, 

Great-great-grandson of David H. Jewett, Surgeon in Continental 
Army. 

Henry Greenway Kemp, 

Great-great -great-grandson of Gen. Thomas Nelson, signer of the 
Declaration of Independence, Commander of Virginia State 
forces. Governor of Virginia, and Major-General in the Conti- 
nental Army. 

Mark Brickell Kerr, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Matthias Brickell, Hertford County 
Militia. 

Charles Euston Kincaid, 

Great-grandson of Ensign James Kincaid, of Capt. Joseph Kin- 

caid's Company of Virginia Volunteers. 
Also great-great-grandson of Capt. Peter Evans, Col. Wheeden's 

Virginia Regiment. 

Alexander Brown Legare, 

Great-great-grandson of Tiiomas Legare, member of Council of 
Safety and of Assembly of South Carolina. 

Hugh Swinton Legare, 

Same descent. 



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Garrick Mallery. 

Great-grandson ofWilliam Maclay, Ensign of Pennsylvania Troops, 
Assistant Commissary of Pennsylvania, and delegate to General 
Assembly of Pennsylvania. 

Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason, 

Great-great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. John Bailey, Dutchess County 

(New York) Regiment of Minute Men. 
Also great-great-grandson of Capt. John Mason, Massachusetts 

Militia. 
Also great-great-grandsou of Capt. Isaac Hegeman, 2d Regiment, 

New York. 

Charles Grymes McCawley, 

Great-grandson of William McCalla, Captain Bucks County (Penn- 
sylvania) Associates, also captain 7th Company, 2d Battalion, 
Bucks County Militia, and Chief of Forage Department and 
Commissioner of Supplies. 

Charles Laurie McCawley, 

Great-great-grandson of William McCalla. (See above.) 

Carroll Mercer, 

Great-grandson of John Francis Mercer, Aide-de-camp to Gen'l 
Charles Lee, and Lieutenant-Colonel in Lawson's Brigade. 

William Elantheros Cooke Moorhead, 

Great-grandson of David Carswell, of Captain Sherwood's Com- 
pany, Colonel Graham's Regiment. Was a United States pen- 
sioner for Revolutionary services at time of death. 

Henry Nixon Moss, 

Great-grandson of Robert Morris. 

Also great-grandson of John Nixon, Brigadier-General in Conti- 
nental Army. He was the man who read the Declaration of 
Independence to the people for the first time at Philadelphia, 
July 8. 



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Albion K. Parris, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Parris, orderly sergeant in Col. Paul 
Dudley Sergeant's Regiment. Was in naval service, and after- 
wards commissioned lieutenant in Massachusetts State Troops. 

Clifford Richardson, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Howard. He was one of the party who, 
disguised as Indians, threw the tea overboard from the " Dart- 
mouth." 

William Adams Richardson, 

Grandson of William Adams, who enlisted in the Continental 
Army at the age of fifteen years. 

David Rittenhouse, 

Great-great-grandson of John Bull, Commissioner to treat with 
Indians at Easton, Pa., 1777; adjutant-general of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1779; in command 2d Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia, 
after General Irwin's capture; delegate to Provincial Conference, 
January and July, 1775; member Convention, 1776; also mem- 
ber of Pennsylvania Board of War. 

William Beatty Rochester, 

Grandson of Nathaniel Rochester, delegate from Orange County 
to the North Carolina Provincial Congress in April and May, 
1776; afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel of the Southern Regiment 
of Orange County, North Carolina. 

Francis Asbury Roe, 

Grandson of John Roe, minute man. New York Line, and Quar- 
termaster 1st Regiment Suffolk County Militia, Col. Wm. 
Floyd. 

Fayette Washington Roe, 

Great-grandson of John Roe. (See above.) 

George Roe, 

Same descent. 



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Richard Rush, 

Great-great-grandson of Richard Stockton, signer of the Declara- 
ration of hidependence. 

Also great-grandson of Benjamin Rush, M.D., signer of the Dec- 
laration of independence. 

Francis Preston Blair Sands, 

Great-grandson of Sergt. Ephraim French, of Capt. Wni. Barrow's 
Company, Col. Isaac Wyman's New Hampshire Regiment. 

Nathan Sargent, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Sargent, member of Capt. Seth Wash- 
burn's Company, Colonel Ward's Regiment. 

Harold Marsh Sewall, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Dummer Sewall, of Continental 
Army. 

Wm. Floyd Sicard, 

Great-great-gransdon of William Floyd, signer of the Declaration 
of Independence. 

Franklin Steele, , 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Chase, signer of the Declaration 
of Independence. 

Rowan Wainwright Stevens, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Comfort Sage, commanding 3d Bat- 
talion under Gen. Wadsworth. 

Daniel Morgan Taylor, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. John Neville, 4th Regiment Virginia 

Continental Infantry. 
Also great-great-grandson of Gen. Daniel Morgan. 
Also great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Presley Neville, aide-de-camp 

to Gens. Lincoln and Lafayette. 
Also great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Charles Simms, 2d Regiment 

Virginia Continental Infantry. 



David Watson Taylor, 

Great-great-grandson of John Penn, signer of the Declaration of 
Independence. 

Harry Clay Taylor, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. John Neville, 4th Regiment Virginia 

Continental Infantry. 
Also great-great-grandson of Gen. Daniel Morgan. 
Also great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Presley Neville, aide-de-camp 

to Gens. Lincoln and Lafayette. 
Also great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Charles Simms, 2d Regiment 

Virginia Continental Infantry. 

Edward Amory Trescot, 

Great -great-grandson of Stephen Bull, General in Continental 

Army. 
Also great-great-grandson of William Johnson, one of the hostages 

taken by Gen. Cornv^^allis and sent from Charleston to St. 

Augustine, 1780. 

Thomas Cuthbert Trescot, 

Same descent. 

William Truxton, 

Great-grandson of Commodore Thomas Truxton. 

John Grimes Walker, 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Aaron Walker, of the Continental Army. 
Also grandson of Samuel Walker, of the Continental Army. 

John Sidney Webb, 

Great-grandson of Capt. John Webb, of the 2d Regiment of Con- 
necticut Light Dragoons. 

Also great-grandson of Col. Joiin Randall, Quartermaster-General 
of Maryland Troops. 



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Charles Worthington, 

Great-grandson ofMaj. Nicholas Worthington, of Maryland Troops, 

and delegate to Legislature of Maryland. 
Also great-grandson of Capt. Jonathan Phillips, 2d New Jersey 

Regiment. 
Also great-grandson of William Churchill Houston, member of 

Continental Congress. 

Robert Henry Yeatman, 

Great-grandson of Richard Dorsey, Lieutenant and Captain Mary- 
land Artillery; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 



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